Help! I’m Lost!

Are you Lost? Wondering what all the hoo-ha is about that wacky “Lost on a Dinosaur Island” show that all the kids are talking about these days? Or did you miss the entire first season of Lost, decided to dip your big toe into the show somewhere in the middle of the second season and were faced with some sort of weird ’70s-era underground living room, a computer over which a bunch of people yelled at one another, and some nonsense about a Buddhist cult? Or something? Which was confusing because you thought it was a show about people being stranded on an island? And you figured, I’m never going to be able to catch up — why bother? But then everyone you work with is like “DUDE! Did you see Lost last night? IT WAS AWESOME!” And you mumble something about “yeah that part with the black cloudy thing was cool,” because you don’t want to be mocked by your co-workers, but they look at you with something like a mixture of contempt and pity, and you know that they know that you don’t watch the show, but they don’t want to call you out and embarrass you? And you’re sick of it?

It’s going to be O.K.

True, season four may not be the best place to start with the show. The first episode of the season is called “The Beginning of the End,” for a reason. But if you’d like to jump into all the Lost madness and join with us over the course of season four, may I suggest you watch the following video first:

Now get thee to a Netflix, ¡STAT! and queue up the first three seasons — you won’t be sorry.

And if you have any questions about the show or what has happened, feel free to leave them in the comments, and I’ll fill you in. And without a mixture of contempt and pity. I promise.

Lost airs at 8 p.m. (CST) Thursdays on ABC. It returns with new episodes January 31, 2008. HEY! THAT’S TOMORROW! Hooray!

I think that Charlie never drowned but we don’t know it yet :() Why? 1) we never saw him actually drown 2) he could’ve easily swam out the window that Mikael (sp?) blew open with the grenade 3) he said he could hold his breath for 4 minutes which would give him ample time to swim to the surface.

Has ABC ever confirmed that he’s gone from the show? Any thoughts T? I’m sure this has been discussed at length on Lost blogs but I just started reading them.

Also, did either of the 1st two episodes that you previewed reveal who’s funeral Jack attended?